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Tehran Changes its Mind and Allows 63,000 of its Citizens to Perform Hajj

by Asma Al-Ghabiri | May 25, 2016 | Middle East

Iran has changed its mind and decided to sign an agreement laying out arrangements for its citizens to perform this year’s Hajj pilgrimage. The agreement ends the controversy that was caused by the refusal of Iranian Hajj affairs officials to sign a protocol with...

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The ‘Journalism and Twitter’ Controversy

by Salman Al-dossary | May 25, 2016 | Opinion

It is an argument never appeased nor settled, and perhaps it would take mankind long before breaking free from this everlasting controversy. Press on one side of the scale and social media weighing up the other; as if those two mediums were created to remain...

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Crude oil drips from a valve at an oil well operated by Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA, in the oil rich Orinoco belt, near Morichal at the state of Monagas April 16, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

Oil Prices Near $50, U.S. Crude Hits Highest in 7 Mths

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 25, 2016 | Business

Oil futures marched towards $50 a barrel on Wednesday, with U.S. crude reaching its highest in over seven months. Investors have anticipated a likely decrease in the U.S. crude inventories and ongoing supply outages elsewhere in the world, which could curtail global...

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Civilians in Fallujah Trapped between ISIS Brutality and PMF Missiles

by Munaf al Obeidi | May 25, 2016 | Middle East

Fallujah- Officials at the Iraqi joint military operation rooms announced on Tuesday the start of the second phase of the mission launched for freeing Fallujah from ISIS terrorists. Simultaneously, parliamentary and political figureheads pressed on demands to cease...